Links & Resources
Ken Robinson at TED2010, Bring on the learning revolution!
In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can flourish.
Mozart, Newton and You?
“Inspiration is needed in geometry, just as much as in poetry.” — Alexander Pushkin”
Observing Our World Leads To Investigations in the Realm of Theoretical Ideas
In Waldorf education students use investigation and observation to inspect how the world works. In the grade school they engage in scientific inquiry in the same way that our greatest explorers…
Sports Should Be Child’s Play
The national furor over concussions misses the primary scourge that is harming kids and damaging youth sports in America. The heightened pressure on child athletes to be, essentially, adult athletes…
Taking Playtime Seriously
Play is a universal, cross-cultural and necessary attribute of childhood, essential for development and essential for learning.